Five years had gone by since Haruto became an S-Class Mage. The five years for the young Uchiha was productive in a sense. In the short time of five years he was able to make a name for himself as an Fairy Tail mage. One of the less destructive members of the Guild, he was quickly recognized for his efficiency on requests. During the five years, Haruto had cut his hair shorter so his bangs no longer covered his right eye and now he had jaw-length bangs framing either side of his face. Along with his hair and physical appearance his choice of clothing changed as well. No longer was he wearing the armor from before, he was now clothed in a high-collared blue short-sleeved shirt with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back and a pair of loose fitting blue pants with bandages tied around the bottom of his legs and lastly a black sash tied around his waist. His ever-present Gunbai and Kama were securely strapped behind his back.
Haruto had been on a request for the past two months hunting down a Dark Guild that the Magic Council had wanted brought down so he took it. And now he was returning to the Guild. The train that he was riding came to a stop and a voice sounded from the loud speakers. Haruto got up with a grunt and allowed the wave of people carry him out of the train and onto the train station. Making his way ahead of the crowd, he walked down the cobblestone streets as some of the townsfolk waved to him in which he gave them a nod in acknowledgement. The Guildhall was visible to him as he walked towards the building seated on top of the hill. It had been a long train ride but he had made it back and he wanted to get some rest, but he needed to make his way back to the Guild first.
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The Guild was rowdy as ever, the newest member Lucy Heartfilia was busy talking to one of the youngest members of the Guild. Wendy Marvell was now at the age of twelve. Wendy during the five years grew in height, but she kept her petite frame. She had allowed her hair to grow out and now it reached down to her waist and the two bangs that framed her face reached down to her chest. She was dressed in a sleeveless dress with blue and yellow stripes with a large white bow in the middle of her chest. When Lucy had met Wendy, she thought the twelve year old dragon slayer was the cutest thing. The two had hit it off quickly during their first impressions of the other, and so they became fast friends.
Lucy had just come back from helping her partner, Natsu Dragneel and Happy the cat on two jobs. One was saving Macao, one of the elder mages of Fairy Tail and then infiltrating Duke Everlue's mansion and destroying a book. Speaking of Natsu he had joined in with the brawl that was happening again in the middle of the Guildhall. Lucy was busy chatting with Wendy when Mirajane joined in the conversation. During the five years, Mirajane changed the most out of the entire Guild. Gone was her tomboyish personality and replaced by a sweet and gentle one which shocked Haruto the most when he had come back from one of his long term requests. But after finding out about the situation and what had happened, the young Uchiha could not help but try to comfort her to the best of his abilities. He had little to no experience in the field, so it was brand new to him.
Mirajane was now standing at below average height with long white hair that curled slightly at the ends with two bangs framing her fast that reached down to her chest. She had tied the hair from her forehead into an upwards ponytail, her attire changed from the skimpy goth outfit to a sleeveless, ankle-high maroon dress with a pleated skirt. On her chest was a large pink bow, and similar colored trimmings around her neckline that acted as straps and circled around the waist. Finishing off the outfit was a pair of high-heeled shoes that matched her dress and accessorized by a small chain necklace with a blue oval gem attached to it, and on her wrist was a bracelet made of white flowers.
The three continued to chat happily as they ignored the brawl that was happening a few feet away until the Guildhalls doors slammed open and one of the members ran inside with a happy look on his face.
"Haruto is back!" he announced loudly, the words registered among the members and they all gave a cheer, but the loudest was from none other than Wendy herself.
"Haruto-niisan is back!" Wendy said happily as she thought about meeting him halfway, but dismissed it as she decided to wait for her brother at the Guildhall.
"Who's Haruto?" Lucy directed her question to Mirajane as she saw the happy look on Wendy's face.
"Oh Haruto is one of our strongest mages and one of our few S-Classes." Mirajane answered cheerfully.
"Haruto is back!" Natsu yelled happily as his fists lit up with fire, "Do you think he'll fight me again?"
Before anyone could answer Natsu's question, the doors opened and a figure walked in. The light from the outside blocked their vision of the newly arrived man, but once the doors shut behind him the entire Guild recognized the red haired man standing before them. Natsu was the first to react as he rushed towards the man with his fists raised and fire coating them. The red haired man merely grabbed hold of Natsu's fists and tossed him to the side. Natsu made contact with the wall and he simply stayed glued to the wall as the man made his way towards Lucy and the other two girls.
Lucy caught sight of the redhead and she could tell that he was quite the looker as a small blush formed on her cheeks, then again her eyes caught sight of Natsu being thrown into a wall and she could not help but be wary of the approaching redhead. Mirajane and Wendy were another story, Mirajane gave the man a bright smile and Wendy charged forward and enveloped the man in a hug which he happily returned.
"Welcome back Haruto-niisan." Wendy said as she continued to hug the redhead.
"I haven't been gone that long, Wendy." Haruto responded as he held her close before releasing the hug a little after. Haruto looked over and spotted Mirajane before he gave her a slight smile and spoke, "Mirajane, how have you been?"
"Great Haruto-kun, but how many times do I have to tell you to call me Mira?" Mirajane responded saying the last part with an annoyed look on her face, "Meet our newest member, Lucy Heartfilia."
"Umm, uh, it's nice to meet you Haruto-san." Lucy said nervously as she held her hand out awkwardly.
"You as well, Lucy." Haruto replied simply as he took the hand and shook before releasing it.
"Mirajane, do you know where the Master is? I have some important issues to discuss with him." Haruto asked.
"He's in his office."
Haruto gave her a nod in thanks and made his way towards the office. Arriving at his destination, he knocked and heard a 'Come in' and opened the door. Makarov caught sight of Haruto and stopped doing his paperwork and motioned for the young redhead to seat himself in one of the two available chairs in his office. Haruto took the one on the right and sat down comfortably.
"Haruto-kun, it's great to see you back." Makarov began as he looked at the redhead curiously, "What is it that you wish to discuss, my boy, you normally don't visit me in my office."
"Master, I have collected the information that you wished for about Raven Tail." Haruto answered as he stared at the extremely short Guild master seeing the elderly Guild master give him a nod to continue, he spoke, "From what my double was able to gather, the group is an anti-Fairy Tail Guild. They have multiple members that are quite strong, some A rank and some bordering S-Class."
Makarov pondered on the information for a little while before speaking once more, "Haruto-kun, is there anything else?"
"Yes, they spoke about something called Lumen Histoire."
Once the last two words came out of the redhead's mouth, Makarov froze in the spot where he sat. The greatest secret of the Guild was knowledge to an entire Dark Guild and now one of his children. His knuckles clenched as he thought about it even further. Ivan! Makarov thought in rage, his foolish son had been speaking of the Guild's greatest secret and the light of the Guild. The knowledge of Lumen Histoire's existence was confidential to the Guild Masters and their successors only. The danger of anyone that was not the Master or their successor was great for the entire Guild. The power that it possessed was amazing, and if it fell into the wrong hands it would bring disaster in its wake.
Makarov's face turned grim as he stared at the redhead before him, "Haruto-kun what you heard about Lumen Histoire must never be spoken to anyone in the Guild. Do you understand?"
Haruto narrowed his eyes slightly at that but he nodded his head anyways. Whatever Makarov was keeping hidden was dangerous if the usual cheerful master was replaced by this man before him. Though he was curious, he would not delve deeper into this matter as he did not wish to lose trust the Guild Master had for him. It was against his ideal of protecting his sister, but he would disregard the information for now and allow the Master to do as he desired because of the time he had spent in Fairy Tail. Haruto knew that no one in the Guild would purposely harm another member and so he would give Makarov the benefit of the doubt for now and he would simply ignore the information he had on Lumen Histoire for now.
"Thank you Haruto-kun," Makarov said with a frustrated look on his face, "You may leave now."
Haruto stood up and gave the elderly Master a nod before leaving the office and making his way back to the Guild. His mind wandered to the subject of Lumen Histoire from time to time, but he banished the thoughts to the back of his mind and joined the other members of the Guild. Once Haruto was spotted, Natsu rushed towards him once more. Haruto, seeing this sighed, stopped his punch and kneed the pink haired teen in the stomach and flipped him to the side.
"Haruto! Fight me fairly!" Natsu demanded as he picked himself off of the wall that he was thrown into and gave the redhead a challenging look.
"…Alright." Haruto finally said as he began walking out of the Guildhall, Natsu half expected a 'no' and he blinked a few times before he jumped up in joy and began following Haruto out of the Guildhall.
The rest of the Guild followed suit as they headed towards the empty clearing outside of the Guildhall.